The only concern I have with putting the surrounds right next to the listening position is that most dvd's are 5.1 rather than 6.1 or 7.1. So when I am using 5.1, the surrounds will be not in the optimal position (ie a couple feet above and behind the sweet spot). However, there is an option to extend 5.1 to a processed 6.1 for regular dvd's (using dts neo 6 or dolby pxl II?). But, are there options such as these on newer receivers with the new audio codecs such as dolby true hd? What is mean is can I extend dolby true hd 5.1 to 6.1 with some processing on the new recievers while keeping it uncompressed? Also, what if I have uncompressed 5.1 pcm...Is there a way to extend this to 6.1 without downconverting it to lossy first?
- Nick
